That is a very old file dated 2005 so it is possible that things have changed.
Also there is a commercial viewer called gerbview which does have a drill file option, so it may be that when the tutorial was produced it was that software that was used rather than the current free software. Andy On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:54:50 -0000 "abril" <[email protected]> wrote: > ok, Andy. > > English version Kicad's tutorial contents a picture which show such option > 'load drill', 15/17 pg. > > I guess this option was omited in last Kicad's version. > > What do you thing? > > --- In [email protected], Andy Eskelson <andyya...@...> wrote: > > > > Drill files are Excellon (or NC format) not gerber, so it makes no sense > > for gerberview to load them. > > > > The drill files are for controlling a numerically controlled drilling > > machine, rather than the plotting machines used to create the artwork. > > > > See the help in gerberview and PCBnew. > > > > Andy > > > > > > On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 > > 22:14:41 -0000 "acjjabogo" <acjjab...@...> wrote: > > > > > Hi, everybody > > > > > > My name is Armando and I have a problem. > > > > > > Gerbview program don't have 'load drill' option, Anybody Know why? > > > > > > I'm using > > > > > > Build: (20090216-final) > > > > > > wxWidgets 2.8.8 Unicode > > > on 32 Bits GNU/Linux > > > > > > version > > > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > > > Greatings from México > > > > > > pd. view attachment 'no_load_drill_file.jpg' pic. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > > > question. > > > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator > > > of Kicad. > > > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute > > > your symbols/modules to the kicad library. > > > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > > > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! > > > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > >
